City of Pasadena

Existing Bicycle Plan/Infrastructure

Marengo Ave. just north of Orange Grove.

In 2011 the City of Pasadena updated its bicycle master plan as one element of the General Plan update process. A part of the "Mobility Element", the resulting final draft has yet to be formally adopted by the City, whose various Commissions continue to work on the General Plan's other proposals. The draft plan remains heavily reliant on emphasized Class III Bike Routes and "Enhanced Bike Routes" rather than Class II Lanes or Class I paths. The former may consist of signage "Sharrow" street markings (maps of existing and proposed changes can be seen below).

Although the City's updated Bicycle Master Plan has yet to be adopted by City Council, implementation of some of the proposed improvement has already begun, including sharrows on Villa St. and the City's first neighborhood greenway - N. Marengo Ave (pictured at left).

The City also is now seriously considering installing its first Class I, on-street protected bikeway, In response to the education efforts of the Pasadena Complete Streets Coalition, of which BikeSGV is an active member. In Spring 2014 staff hired KOA Corporation, which designed the successful Long Beach and Temple City protected bikeways, to study the feasibility of such robust improvements on a half dozen potential east-west and north-south corridors in Pasadena, including Colorado Blvd., Green St., Orange Grove Blvd., and Del Mar Blvd. As of July 2014 a formal recommendation had yet to be made regarding what street in the City will be the first to receive a protected bicycle lane.

Bicycle Master Plan Maps (existing/proposed infrastructure)

Photos of Existing Infrastructure

Other

Rose Bowl Ride - This historic road training ride (high intensity) around the Rose Bowl loop has been going on for over 60 years. Held Tuesday and Thursday evenings during daylight savings time, the ride begins at 6PM and consists of laps around the Bowl.

BikeSGV is a project of Community Partners, a non-profit public charity exempt from federal income tax under Section 501 (c) 3 of the Internal Revenue Code.All contributions are tax deductible to the extent permitted by law.